Resulting from a collaboration with Olivier Petit, architect of Antarctica (now Tara), the Persévérance is an ocean-going sailing supply ship designed for the icy waters around Antarctica. She is tasked with carrying relief crew and equipment to the Polar Pod, the future drifting oceanographic research station devised for Jean-Louis Étienne.

This hardy 40-metre aluminium schooner can operate all year round in the Southern Ocean and deploy her tenders in all weathers via a launching ramp built into her stern.